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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Nishinoomote in Japan

Posted by admin on August 15, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 30.9965S, 131.5358WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan. Event id: us7000n73m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n73m. The temblor was reported at 04:50:58 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 39.208 km, 131.5358° East, 30.9965° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.208 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 04:50:58 / August 15, 2024 @ 4:50 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tarumizu, Miyakonojō, Ibusuki. Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ibusuki (c. 29 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kushima (c. 22 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sueyoshichō-ninokata (c. 20 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Tarumizu (c. 19 100 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 58 km ENE of Nishinoomote, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.5358° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.9965° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.208 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km ENE of Nishinoomote, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-15 04:50:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-15 05:27:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.059 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000n73m Id of event.
Event Code 7000n73m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n73m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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